Cornell's Volokuleshov: diffusion language models not ready for the real world yet
CatAstro_Piyush · x · 2026-09-26
At the Simons Institute workshop on Diffusion Generative Modeling, Cornell's Volokuleshov argued that today's diffusion language models are not ready for real-world use and are still missing key ingredients. A sober counterpoint for anyone tracking the diffusion-vs-autoregressive race for text generation.
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